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Honor has proudly announced today that it's partnering with game developer Gameloft to bring a special version of Asphalt 9: Legends to the Porsche Design Magic V2 RSR. This will run at 120fps and is "better adapted to the large screens on foldable smartphones", of which the Magic V2 RSR is one. The partnership will deliver "an unparalleled experience unlike anything seen before, advancing the foldable ecosystem through mutual innovation", Honor boldly states in its official press release on the matter. Fluid visuals…

Asphalt paving equipment maker LeeBoy and battery storage maker Portable Electric are working together to electrify the asphalt paving industry. Electrifying asphalt paving Earlier this year, North Carolina-based LeeBoy debuted the prototype of its 8520C E-Paver. It’s a commercial-class electric asphalt paver that has a 150kW GM electric drive system, but everything else – e.g., the screed, controls, and hydraulics – is the same as the company’s diesel model. The 8520C E-Paver has a 48-kWh…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nigeria's new works minister, David Umahi, is pushing for the use of rigid pavement in road construction, as against the flexible pavement predominantly in use. This, as the minister noted, is due to the precarious state of flexible pavements in the country. A…

Several train cars are immersed in the Yellowstone River after a bridge collapse near Columbus, Montana, on Saturday, June 24, 2023.Photo: Matthew Brown (AP)A bridge that crosses over the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed onSaturday morning, dropping parts of a freight train into the river below, authorities said. Several of the train cars were carrying molten sulfur and hot asphalt, according to an alert from the Stillwater County Disaster and Emergency Services. In response, local officials shut down drinking…

Asphalt 9: Legends has added the brand-new Lamborghini Revuelto to its already impressive roster of supercars. The Italian manufacturer's newest flagship V12 hybrid car was introduced on Thursday, March 30, making Asphalt 9: Legends the first and only video game for now to feature it. Starting today, players can participate in an exclusive challenge to add the new sports car to their in-game garage, simply after completing the first stage. The event ends on April 27 and promises additional liveries and rewards to those…

Ice on roads isn't a good thing, but neither are the eco-unfriendly chloride-based salts used to melt it. Scientists have developed a greener and more effective alternative, however, that could be mixed right into the asphalt and remain active for years.The chloride-based ice-melting salts which are currently spread on roads can harm the environment when they run off the asphalt and into nearby waterways.They may also degrade the very roads that they're de-icing, plus they cause cars to rust and they have to be applied…

Along with their use in foods, soybeans have also been utilized as a source of graphene, a greener alternative to mulch, and an ingredient in longer-lasting tires. Now, they're additionally being used to extend the life of asphalt roads.Usually, in order to make asphalt more pliable and thus less likely to crack, a synthetic rubber known as polybutadiene is added to it. Not only is that rubber in short supply, but it's also carcinogenic – and as is the case with other petroleum-based materials, the process by which its…

In what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind project, four companies worked to give asphalt roofing shingles a sustainable second life by using mushrooms to break them down in a technique known as mycoremediation. Asphalt shingles and mushrooms According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 11 to 13 million tons of asphalt shingles end up in US landfills each year, where it will take upwards of 300 years for them to break down. Global real estate and investment group Lendlease, waste and recycling digital…

Although discarded printer cartridges may be low on toner, they still do contain some toner which can't simply be reused in its present form. Instead, Canon has started recycling it into a pelletized asphalt colorant and binding agent.Run by Canon Virginia Inc, Canon Environmental Technologies (located in Gloucester County, Virginia) is Canon's largest toner cartridge recycling center.As part of the company's Recycled Toner Pellet project, cartridges received at the facility are initially sorted by material type, then…

Image Source : ASPHALT Asphalt 9: Legends got Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 Asphalt 9: Legends, a 2018 racing video game developed by Gameloft Barcelona and published by Gameloft has introduced a new car from Automobili Lamborghini, named Countach LPI 800-4 in the world of video games.  The virtual version of the new super sports car has arrived on the simulation platform which has been developed by Gameloft. Gameloft has created a competition dedicated to the  Countach LPI 800-4, for celebrating the V12’s debut…